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Samoa of September 29, 2009 was struck by a powerful earthquake of 8.3 magnitude. This earthquake also impacted the neighboring American Samoa, a territory of USA. This massive earthquake hurled a disastrous Tsunami in the South Pacific Ocean causing extensive damage to the shores of Samoa and American Samoa. Tsunami waves have caused close to 100 deaths and have destructed a lot of in terms of property and human well being.
Four powerful tsunami waves of 15 to 20 feet in height created havoc on Samoa, an island nation of 180,000 people located about halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii and on American Samoa, home to 65,000 people.
